G2 success for Raven’s Pass

Steeler, one of ten juvenile winners from Raven's Pass’ first crop, landed his biggest race to date, when breaking the juvenile track record in the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes over a mile at Newmarket. Making his fifth career start and on the back of a Stakes victory at Goodwood, he was always close to the pace and under a confident ride from Kieron Fallon, he exerted coming out of the dip to win going away by one length.

Bred by Airlie Stud, Steeler is a half-brother to the Stakes-placed filly Doggerbank and out of the G3 Park Hill winner Discreet Brief (by Darshaan), who also has a colt foal by Shamardal.

He now joins his sire in becoming juvenile record-setters, with Raven’s Pass’ record coming in the G3 Solario Stakes at Sandown.  Later going on to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes as a three-year-old, his first-crop are juveniles this season and he has made a very encouraging start. Amongst his ten winners are group-colt Glean and Stakes-placed filly, Lovely Pass, with a number of promising winners including Race and Status, rated 94P by Timeform after his debut win at Newbury and Great Timing, who won a competitive maiden at Newmarket.